Philly/New York outfit Cold Cave is chilled out gloomy New Wave for millennials. Catchy hooks and textured synth make ex-hardcore fiend Wesley Eisold’s current project easy to love. Love Comes Close originally released under Eisley’s independent publishing company Heartworm Press, and picked up by Matador Records after receiving much blog love. Electro dark wave synth jams seem to go hand in hand with the post-modern condition, making this three-piece a total godsend. A fan of post-punk acts like Sisters of Mercy and New Order, Cold Cave’s mastermind Eisold upcycles familiar backbeats with moody synth distortion. His forlorn sexy vocals mesh perfectly with ex-Xiu Xiu Caralee McElroy and Dominick Fernow’s (a.k.a. Prurient) instrumentation. Between their 12” Death Comes Close and their full-length Love Comes Close, Cold Cave has a knack for reviving the pluse of the ‘80s underground, making their electro-pop compositions feel like a dreamy Depeche Mode or New Order’s Substance on downers. Listen to tracks like “Life Magazine,” which you may have heard recently in a national Radio Shack commercial, with its synthesized handclaps and vocal loops, and it becomes obvious that Cold Cave isn’t afraid of being compared to bands of yesteryear. Already the next big thing, Cold Cave’s “Heavenly Metals” says it all, “it’s not my dream anymore, it’s ours.” So dig in, before they break up. myspace.com/coldcave – Dianca Potts